Thorbergur Thordarson (1888-1974) was a writer and novelist who remains dear to many Icelanders for his versatile and creative use of the Icelandic language; his two very satirical, semi-fictional autobiographies of his life in Reykjavik in the early twentieth century, Icelandic Aristocracy (1938) and The Prodigy (1940-41), have continued to amuse and entertain each new generation of Icelanders. Thordarson’s writings cover an extraordinary spectrum of subjects and styles, and his popularity and reputation continues to grow in the 21st century.

“Thordarson is the most interesting – if eccentric – of all modern Icelandic writers … he was a superior writer.”
MARTIN SEYMOR-SMITH